Grease filter exchange in Hounslow, Greater London

Grease filter exchange in Hounslow: the local picture

There are about 62 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 40 takeaways in and around Hounslow, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Swapping filters on a schedule keeps kitchens like these drawing air properly. Kitchens in Hounslow get their food hygiene inspections from Spelthorne council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Hounslow falls to London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.

Commuter trade near Sunbury station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. A hospital like Ashford Hospital, about 1.9 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Dunstan or elsewhere in Hounslow, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.

Hounslow is about 1 mile north of Sunbury-on-Thames, in Greater London. Hounslow gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Hounslow is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for commercial clients. We also work in Guildford, about 14 miles from Hounslow.

We work across the TW13 postcode area for grease filter exchange and the streets around it. If your site is just outside Hounslow, we cover Ashford Common (1 mile south-west), Littleton Common (1 mile south-west), Sunbury-on-Thames (1 mile south), Feltham (1 mile north-east) and Bedfont (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover London (15 miles east), City of Westminster (13 miles north-east), Marylebone (14 miles north-east), Kensington (11 miles north-east), St Pancras (15 miles north-east) and Hampstead (14 miles north-east).

Around Hounslow

In Hounslow, that means kitchens and buildings near Sunbury Park, Sunbury Manor School and Sunbury Manor School. The nearest railway station is Sunbury station, roughly 0.9 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Treaty Centre (3.8 miles north-east) and Ashford Hospital (1.9 miles north-west). Open spaces near Hounslow include St Ann's Hill and Staines Reservoirs.

What your team can do, and what needs us

Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.

Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.

For landlords and multi-site operators

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.

Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.

What the work involves, part by part

School, care home and staff kitchens

Lighter kitchens can often go longer between changes. We agree the schedule to match.

Baffle filters

Baffle filters are a common choice for commercial canopies. They don’t clean themselves, because the grease they collect builds up.